Search | PLU

A unicycle, persistence and passion take alum to Nike, then to Olympics https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/07/27/a-unicycle-persistence-and-passion-take-alum-to-nike-then-to-olympics/

, and then with Nike and the development of basketball shoes. He’d still like to design/develop shoes for Nike someday. One of the reasons he picked PLU was because of its marketing and business program, as well as its focus on helping students find their vocation and passion. He later switched from business to physical education and focused on teaching, but still had a laser interest in Nike. He told everyone he knew he wanted to work for the company, and applied for several jobs at the

PLU alumnus Kell Duncan creates space for socially conscious Phoenix businesses https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2020/01/06/kell-duncan/

Lutheran University. But while he loved his time playing forward and center for the Lutes, he was far less certain about his initial choice of major.“Business school wasn’t a great fit,” Duncan recalled. “I had some awesome professors and I had some classes that I really loved, but then there were some that I just couldn’t get through. I wasn’t loving it, so I ended up switching to graphic design after my sophomore year.” And yet, Duncan has generated quite a buzz over the last year as a business owner

PLU announces Carol Sheffels Quigg Award winners https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/12/21/quigg-awards/

weekly feedback and regular focus group opportunities to connect with students and instructors to help co-design the future of PLUS 100.DataFest Competition The Quigg Award will also go toward the expansion of PLU’s Data Science program through its DataFest Competition. DataFest is an annual competition sponsored by the American Statistical Association and hosted at various universities across the U.S. DataFest is an opportunity for students to work on collaboration, data wrangling, visualization

Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/06/04/vinny-donofrio-biology-chemistry-soccer-seattle-hospital-mcat/

change, things happen. Read Previous Student-athletes Nasier Ford ’24, La’akea Ane ’24, and Jesse Canda ’24 utilize communication capstone to boost mental health awareness Read Next Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them

Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/06/12/kaden-bolton-political-science-policy-civics/

they found it June 24, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024 PLU French professor Rebecca Wilkin wins the 2024 Translation Prize June 7, 2024 Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies June 4, 2024

ResoLute Magazine https://www.plu.edu/news/resolute-fall-2022/

Saving the World With a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. VIEW STORY International Complexities International affairs and economics analyst Mycal Ford ’12 discusses how he thinks about global policy. VIEW STORY LUTES CENTER COMMUNITY We foster belonging by engaging in meaningful dialogue, seeking authenticity, building connections, and opening minds to see community in new, expansive ways. Centering

Archives https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/

Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies Like many students, Heven Ambachew ’24 wasn’t yet sure of her major when embarking on her PLU journey. Four years later, thanks to PLU’s individualized major pathway, she is the university’s first graduate with a major in innovation studies . Innovation Studies at PLU Courses… June 4, 2024 Alumni, Internships, CareerResearch & Academics

Archives in Research & Academics https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/topic/research-academics/

Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies Like many students, Heven Ambachew ’24 wasn’t yet sure of her major when embarking on her PLU journey. Four years later, thanks to PLU’s individualized major pathway, she is the university’s first graduate with a major in innovation studies . Innovation Studies at PLU Courses… June 4, 2024 Alumni, Internships, CareerResearch & Academics

Scholarship, Sleep, and Self in the Pandemic https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/scholarship-sleep-and-self-in-the-pandemic/

Simpson-Younger Although the book was released in the midst of the pandemic, the publishing process was luckily not affected at all. “It was just entering the phase of cover design when the pandemic hit, and they were still able to go in and make the physical copies of the books. It was one of the first packages that I got during the pandemic.” Her transition to online teaching was smooth as well, thanks to the training she received a few years ago from PLU Teaching Online (PLUTO). “I learned about

Part VII. – OTHER POLICIES https://www.plu.edu/faculty-handbook/section-iii-academic-policies-procedures-and-services/part-vii-other-policies/

faculty through its standing governing structure.) The ILOs do not represent, by themselves, all of our understanding of education. Rather, they are a part of a more complex web of education. One can conceptualize the outcomes of a PLU education in three general categories: knowledge, skills or abilities, and values and attitudes. These outcomes occur simultaneously at the individual course, program or major, and institutional levels. Work to develop and measure or evaluate the learning outcomes of